[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REVEREND RICHARD B. KUNST

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Stauber) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. STAUBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize my friend, Father 
Richard Kunst, an ordained Catholic priest for the Diocese of Duluth in 
northern Minnesota.
  Before ordination, Father Kunst was a Senate staffer for United 
States Senator Rod Grams out of Minnesota. He earned his B.A. in 
political science from Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota, 
and a master of divinity from Saint John's University in Collegeville, 
Minnesota.
  Father Kunst has had several parish assignments in northeastern 
Minnesota, including parishes in Brainerd, Cromwell, Floodwood, 
Meadowlands, and three different assignments in Duluth. He was the 
vocations director for the Duluth diocese for 12 years and has been the 
bishop's representative for the diocesan newspaper, The Northern Cross, 
since 2005. Father Kunst has also been the auditor of the diocesan 
tribunal since 2000.
  As a hobby, Father Kunst collects artifacts associated with the 
history of the Vatican and the popes and has one of the largest private 
collections in the world.
  I consider Father Kunst to be a great friend to my wife and me, and I 
am grateful that he can be here today to open this wonderful Chamber up 
with a prayer.

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